government will deny. they will say this is a religious ceremony, this was something that millions of hindus have wanted. israel s long serving prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is for the umpteenth time fighting for his political life. the opinion polls suggest that if he called an election now, his likud party would lose half its seats. the political centre, which has been in the wilderness for years, seems to be making a comeback in israel. the war in gaza is getting difficult, and international opinion has turned sharply against israel, which makes life harder for israel s supporters, countries like the us and britain. it doesn t help that mr netanyahu refuses to consider a two state solution for the palestinians, the only thing western countries can think of as a possible way forward. and of course, there are very real worries that the gazan war could expand to take in the entire middle east a pretty gloomy picture all the way round, i suggested to lyse doucet, the b
a detachment of his men first to take over the city of rostov on don, where the russian troops and the inhabitants welcomed them, and then, secondly, to head on for moscow. and then president lukashenko of belarus rang prigozhin and offered him a deal, and that was it prigozhin ordered his men to turn back, and he and they have gone to quarters in belarus, not far from the ukrainian border. so what on earth does it all mean for the man who captured rostov? i asked famil ismailov, news editor of bbc russian. nobody expected that it s going to come to the point when he is going to take over one of the biggest cities in the south of russia, with more than one million population, and seize the headquarters of a southern army command which is in charge of operations in ukraine. so to that point, yes, unexpected. but other than that, prigozhin is such a character and his private army has come to such a level of influence on the front line and also in public opinion, because he s
hello, and welcome to unspun world. is the war in gaza beginning to slip away from israel? and are we seeing the start of a wider middle east conflict? for all of the words and all of the warnings, here we are, months on, and so many red lights are flashing across the region. after its involvement with the three hs hamas, hezbollah and the houthis is iran getting an inflated sense of its own importance? the iranian authorities felt overconfident in projecting their power in the middle east and they felt that they can get away with doing the same in pakistan. and prime minister modi of india inaugurates the hugely controversial hindu temple in ayodhya. does it represent the start of his election campaign? there was definitely a sense of political colour in that event. it is something the government will deny. they will say this is a religious ceremony, this was something that millions of hindus have wanted. israel s long serving prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is for t
is the war in gaza beginning to slip away from israel? and are we seeing the start of a wider middle east conflict? for all of the words and all of the warnings, here we are, months on, and so many red lights are flashing across the region. after its involvement with the three hs hamas, hezbollah and the houthis is iran getting an inflated sense of its own importance? the iranian authorities felt overconfident in projecting their power in the middle east and they felt that they can get away with doing the same in pakistan. and prime minister modi of india inaugurates the hugely controversial hindu temple in ayodhya. does it represent the start of his election campaign? there was definitely a sense of political colour in that event. it is something the government will deny. they will say this is a religious ceremony, this was something that millions of hindus have wanted. israel s long serving prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is for the umpteenth time fighting for his p
what might ukraine s future be after putin s war? the mood in ukraine is that if ukrainian officials agree to something less than the borders of 1991, the question would be, why did all those people die? and populism is its day over? the way i like to look at this issue is not, are we going to see a resurgence of populism, but are we going to see a resurgence of democracy? it s been one of the most confusing episodes of recent times, and we still don t know exactly what happened or what the outcome might be. yevgeny prigozhin, head of the wagner group of mercenaries, ordered a detachment of his men first to take over the city of rostov on don, where the russian troops and the inhabitants welcomed them, and then, secondly, to head on for moscow. and then president lukashenko of belarus rang prigozhin and offered him a deal, and that was it prigozhin ordered his men to turn back, and he and they have gone to quarters in belarus, not farfrom the ukrainian border. so what on